St. Landry democrat., 1887-06-11
NEW. YORK GOSSIP.
CURRENT PHASES OF SOCIAL LIFE
IN THE METROPOLIS. Il
Milk for a Time the Fashionable Reyer-
age-How Mrs. Langtry Adjusts Her
Figure-Tips for Those Who Study the
Styles-Evindow-ia Gardening Popular.

After having been delighted with the
dog show, and fondled and made much
of all the good, bad and Indifferent pup
pies, it is quite proper that the cattle
show, which followed, should call forth
an equal amount of enthusiasm. Such an
affair has never been in New York be-
fore, and the smartest people in the city
went day after day, admired the
glossy blackness Of the Holsteins,
trembled If one Of the enormous bulls
even gave start, and stroked with ap-
probation the lovely Attorneys and Jer-
seys that seemed so contented and looked
so sympathetically at each passer-by
Gay men about town, who had really for
gotten the taste of milk, drank quarts of
it, and carried home in the most con-
tented manner tiny pats of butter that
were put up in white boxes and tied with
pink ribbons. One young woman, evil
IDENTITY unused to country ways, insisted
upon having the milk direct from the
COW, and when the attendant told her
that it was customary to strain it, she
said she was tired of adulterateG food
and wanted for once to have absolutely
pure milk.
Among the many fashions that the
English people have set us, and which
we have been very eager to follow, none
is so entirely good as this interest in
country affairs. American women as
rule, living in the cities, are unfortu-
nately ignorant of things pertaining to
the country, while the English girl is
quite al courant of everything pertaining
to horses, dogs and cattle. will tell you
something funny about the dog show.
There were two Mexican hairless dogs,
and each one got the. first prize. The
reason was this: One had three hairs on
his head, the other had three hairs on his
tail, and they absolutely declined, with
all the dignity of swell puppies, to split
hairs!
The prettiest of the JERSEYS at the cat
tie show was, of course, Mrs Langtry,
and as her namesakes were many, she
said that she felt as if she had quite
family on exhibition. Women who adj
mire Mrs. Langtry's figure are interested
in knowing what sort of stays she wears.
I'll tell them French ones, of course;
but nevertheless, those laced in the back,
just as our grandmothers wore them, and
which require the standing up while
somebody else does the lacing Like
many English women, the beauty has no
belief in stays that hook in front, but it
must be confessed, Notwithstanding the
desire to have good figure, there are not
very many who will submit to this tire
some operation of being laced and I'M
laced as many times a day as one is
gowned.
The smart house shoe at present is the
one fancied by the Princess of Wales.
This has tip of red leather, the heel of
red leather and the back portion of
black patent leather. Just on the toe is
tiny steel buckle With these are worn
black silk stockings. Alfred shoes are
occasionally seen, but are not given the
vogue of the black and red. Tan-colored
leather, as soft as a glove and with no
gloss, is made into Oxford ties and they
are to be worn with bronze silk stock
ings. They are deliciously soft, but
would scarcely stand much wear. They
were first seen last winter when worn
with a toilet consisting of brown tulle
skirt, tan kid bodice and long tan gloves.
The bodice was really sewed on the
wearer, and the impression given was of
her having been nodded in it.
Tan-colored undressed kid gloves
have but one rival in color, and that is
gray. These are necessitated by the
gray costumes with which the tan color
does not look we'll. Some very pro-
nounced mauge and green gloves have
been shown, but are treated with the ut
most disdain, and very properly, too.
Green gloves never seem to suggest any
body but Mrs. John Bigelow, who tor
long time encased her hands in that
brilliant and, perhaps, patriotic color Tor
a reason which the world never under
stood though, perhaps, she did. 1t IS
rather curious, but all these oddities OF
dress or conduct if traced to their orlgl-
nal cause will be found to have not only
method, but one very advantageous TO
the so-called eccentric being.
It is related of very well-knoWn
woman in New York, who absolutely
trades on her eccentricities, that not only
did she go to a dinner unlimited, but
meeting a messenger boy on the steps,
carving a large bouquet, assured nm
that she would deliver it to the lady OF
the house, and so relieved him of his
burden. 1t was specially fine bunch OF
orchids, and the man who had sent it was
surprised to see not his hostess but Mrs.
A. CARRYING it. He concluded that Tor
some reason she must have given it to her
guest, but when several days passed and
there came to him no thanks for the mag
nifcent flowers, he determined to find
out the reason. Making his visit OF IN
quiry, he asked why his flowers were
given away instead of being honored by
the woman to whom he had sent
them. Then the whole story came
out; the messenger boy was sent Tor,
detailed the story of the flowers being
taken from him, and the hostess told OF
Mrs. A. coming in without any invitation,
simply saying, II knew you had big
dinner, my dear, and I thought you would
like me to help you entertain your guests,
so came without an invitation" 1t IS
needless to say that neither with or with
out an invitation did Mrs. A. ever enter
the house again, but she is so thlck-skln-
ned that she walks around and tells now
rudely the BIS behaved to her, and "all,
my dear, about a few rubbishy flowers"
He who has to pay for bunch of orchids
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